Justin Zaremba/NJ.comThe death of a woman at a Lake Hiawatha restaurant on North Beverwyck has launched a joint investigation with the Morris County Prosecutor's Office and the Parsippany Police Department. Investigators focused their attention on Kazumi Sushi located at the intersection of North Beverwyck Road and Hiawatha Boulevard Saturday morning.

PARSIPPANY — County and local police are investigating the death of a woman at a Lake Hiawatha restaurant on North Beverwyck Road Friday night, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi and Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Anthony DeZenzo said in a joint news release.

Police received a 911 call from a restaurant on North Beverwyck Road around 11:41 p.m. Friday and upon their arrival discovered a woman dead in the restaurant, Bianchi said in a news release.

Early Saturday morning, police officers centered their investigation on Kazumi Sushi located at North Beverwyck Road and Hiawatha Boulevard.

Justin Zaremba/NJ.comPolice officers were investigating the death of a woman at a Lake Hiawatha restaurant on North Beverwyck Road early Saturday morning.

"The investigation is ongoing and additional information will be released
when it is appropriate to do so," the release said. "There is no danger to the public. The
heavy police presence is related to our joint investigative efforts.

Shante Barr, an employee at a residential group home on Washington
Avenue and Hiawatha Boulevard, said she heard police respond to the
scene and close the road around 12 a.m. Saturday morning.

Parsippany Police Lt. Tom Carney said North Beverwyck Road was shut down from Chesapeake Avenue to Minnehaha Boulevard Saturday morning.

Besides the Parsippany and Montville Police Departments, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit, the
Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Section, the Medical
Examiner's Office, the Department of Law and Public Safety,and the Office of Emergency Management are currently on the
scene.